The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-25

round trip and excursion tickets on sale \
at Kersting's drug store, where the pat 4
rons of that popular line can get all the f
information they may desire of the
road and its schedules, etc.
Yesterday Mr.. r. s. Priddy received
q very fine Newfoundland dog and two /
pups from Pennsylvania kennel. The /
dog is thoroughly trained, and can do
almost anything but talk. The pups are
small yet, but they are of an extra large
breed, and will no doubt make fine dogs.
The expected tourists are coming in on
every train and boat, and the hotels and
the boarding houses are filling up with
the strangers as well as many old friends.
The Florida season Is now at its height,
and the grumblers and GROWERS have
but little cause to indulge in their favor
lite pastime on this account.
The Pensacola Commercial has come
out as an afternoon daily, and it's first
issue Is a very creditable nuInber. At
present the Commercial IS on the bob
tail order. but 1t hopes soon to get the
daily dispatches and come to The front
as a first-class morning newspaper. We
wish the paper all the success its enter
prise merits.
Sanford Argus: We have received the
prospectus of the Palatka Daily ard
Weekly NEWS. The NEWS is to be en-
larged to an eight column paper printed
from new type, and will be supplied
with full and complete telegraphic ser
vice. The News will at once place it
self among the leading dailes in the
State, and will merit and achieve sue
cess.
There is an old darky who has been
noticed on the streets for several days.
who aspires TO be dude. His vest front
is loaded down with heavy brass watch
chains, of all sizes and styles, and he
seems as proud of his decorations as a
child would of a new toy. His clothes
are not of the latest style of cut. nor are
they entirely free from patches. but the
chains shine out in all the spiendor neces
sary to satisfy the wearer's vanity.
Those who howled loudest for the
missing tourists declared most emphati
cally that Florida needed most of all
things judiciOus advertising, and Ger
tainly we need greatly an array of in
dustrious farmers and skilled mechanics.
Alexander ID. Roussel, of Jacksonville,
proposes to do the one and seek the
other by giving attractive stereopticon
views of Florida at the American Expo
sition in London. Mr.. Roussel can be
found at the Bostwick Building in Jack
sonville, and there municipalities, rail
roads, land companies. hotels or private
parties wishing representation will find
him.
Interest in the approaching city cleo
ton is warming up, and things will be-
gin to grow red hot in a few days. we
hear quite list of names suggested as
possible candidates for the office of
Mayor, and whoever gets it will have to
pull off his coat and 60 to work. if
there should be a scramble for the office.
We hope, however, to witness no un-
seemly scramble, but trust that all par
ties may unite on some popular and ca
pable man for the place. There are al
ready candidates in the field for Marshal,
and the announcement of Mr.. p. j. Ma
nucy, the present incumbent, will be
found in another place in this mornings
paper. The fight for this office is al
ready waxing warm, and there is pos
sIbility OF other candidates entering the
lists.
George III. Chaplin, the publisher of the
Health Resorts of the South" now at
the Putnam, is collecting material for
an illustrated work on Palatka and Put
nam county. and has already secured
twenty-srx photographs of prominent
points of interest from which to make
engravings for the forthcoming work,
which will he bound in cloth, and will do
our city a vast amount of good. We are
all with Mr.. Chaplin in his undertaking,
and we are glad TO learn that he is re-
ceiving the most cordial reception and
encouragement from our people. The
proposed work will take in all Putnam
county. its history, resources, wonderful
development and bright prospects, and
the engraving will be done by skillful
hands.
The First Club
Yesterday F. III. Orvis, of the Wind
sor Hotel, Jacksonville, sent us the
first club of new subscribers to THE PA